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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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