MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
People want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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