MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
e-learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Oman to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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