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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online 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 numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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