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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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