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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
digital education technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners 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 quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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