MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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