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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly 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 several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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