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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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