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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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