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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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