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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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