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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes 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 numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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