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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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