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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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