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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Mozambique to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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