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
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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