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
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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