MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
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 institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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