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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs 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 several
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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