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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These 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 a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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