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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These 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 a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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