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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online education technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Greece to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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