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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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