MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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