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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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