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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are considering
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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