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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online education enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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