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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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