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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clemson University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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