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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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