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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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