MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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 is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
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
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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