MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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