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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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