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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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