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.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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