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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily 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
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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