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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Libya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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