MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These massive online courses are
normally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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