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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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