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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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