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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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