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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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 a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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