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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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