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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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