MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
e-learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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