MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
free
for students 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
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Chad to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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