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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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