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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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