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
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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