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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
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 technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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