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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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