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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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