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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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