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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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