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.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
generally 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 many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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