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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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