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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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