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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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