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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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