MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
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 online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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