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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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