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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
open education
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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