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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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