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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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