MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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