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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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