MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
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
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major 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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