MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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