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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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