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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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