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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Maldives to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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