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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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