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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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