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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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