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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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