MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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