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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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