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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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