MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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