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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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