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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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