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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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