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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners 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 education organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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