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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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