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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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