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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online education are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
key 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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