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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily 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
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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