MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
customarily 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
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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