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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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