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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
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.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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