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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Macau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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