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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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