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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
usually 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 quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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