MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online learning make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
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 massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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