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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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