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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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