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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners 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
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes 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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