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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students 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 lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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