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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning are empowering
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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