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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
humans
all over 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 online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malta to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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