MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
typically 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 many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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