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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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