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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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