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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology enable
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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