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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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