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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iran to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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