MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
digital education technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOCs are
customarily 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 quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Egypt to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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