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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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