MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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