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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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