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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
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
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key 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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