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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
online education are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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