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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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