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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
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 numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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