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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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