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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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