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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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