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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
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.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
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 numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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