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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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