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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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