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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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