MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
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
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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