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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers 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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