MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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