MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
e-learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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