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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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