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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
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 several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guam to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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