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
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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