MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
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 several
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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