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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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