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.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
e-learning are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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