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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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