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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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