MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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