MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also researches 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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