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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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