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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Baker Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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