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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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