MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
People want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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