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.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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