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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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 many
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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