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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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