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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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