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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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