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
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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