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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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