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
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
online education technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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