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
which
researches
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
commonly 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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