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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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