MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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