MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes 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.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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