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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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