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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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