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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to consider
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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