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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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