MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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