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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Macedonia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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