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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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