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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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