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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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