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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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