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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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