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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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