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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
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
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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