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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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