MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
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 quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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