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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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