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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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