MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners 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
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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