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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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