MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
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
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also explores the
most important 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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