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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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