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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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