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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
e-learning have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
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 several
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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