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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
The New School to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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