MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
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 MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are considering
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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