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.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses 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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