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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online learning make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in 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.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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