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 Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning are empowering
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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