MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 online courses are
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 numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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