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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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