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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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