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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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