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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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