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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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