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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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