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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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