MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
typically 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 many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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