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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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