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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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