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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
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 several
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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