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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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