MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students 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
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand 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 issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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