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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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