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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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