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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning enable
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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