MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
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
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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