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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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