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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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