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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online education enable
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
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 numerous
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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