MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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