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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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