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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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