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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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