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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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