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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online education have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The New School to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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