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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
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
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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