MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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