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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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