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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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