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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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