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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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