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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
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 technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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