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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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