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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
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.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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