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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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