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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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