MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Libya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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