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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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