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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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