MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses 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.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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