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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly 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 many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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