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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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