MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOC 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 many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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