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
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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