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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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