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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major 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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