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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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