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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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