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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses 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 massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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