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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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