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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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