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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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