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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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