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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
distance learning have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iran to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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