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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology make it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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