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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students 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 a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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