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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
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
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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