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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|