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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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