MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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