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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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