MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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