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 Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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