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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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