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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also researches 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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