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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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