MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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