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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Syria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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