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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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