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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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