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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
important new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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