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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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