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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Seychelles to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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