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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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