MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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