MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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