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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in 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.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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