MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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