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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
customarily 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 lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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