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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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