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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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