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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
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
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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