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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily 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 lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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