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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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