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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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