MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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