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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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