MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
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 numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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