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.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
usually free
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 several
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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