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.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
electronic education technology have empowered
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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