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 is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
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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