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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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