MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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 is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
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
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Benin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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