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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning enable
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
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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