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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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