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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
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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