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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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