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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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