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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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