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.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
usually 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 a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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