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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
e-learning are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
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.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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