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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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