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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate 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.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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