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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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