MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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