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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Syria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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