MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online learning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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 massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Poland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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