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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online learning are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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