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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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