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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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