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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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