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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
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.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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