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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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