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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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