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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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