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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
key 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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