MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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