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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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