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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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