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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students 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.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Montenegro to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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