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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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