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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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