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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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