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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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