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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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 quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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