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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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