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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily 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 a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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