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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students 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 a variety of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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