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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning enable
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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