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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Peninsula College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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