MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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