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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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