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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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