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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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