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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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