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.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
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