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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online education are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Liberia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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