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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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