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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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