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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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