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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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