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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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