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
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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