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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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