MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
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
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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