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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
customarily 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.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Palau to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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