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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
digital education technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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