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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
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
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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