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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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