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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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