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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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