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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily 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 a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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