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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
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 several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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