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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
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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