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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
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 many
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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