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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
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
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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