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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
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 many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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