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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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