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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Poland to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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