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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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