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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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