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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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