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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online education technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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