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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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