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.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly 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 quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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