MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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