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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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