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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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