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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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