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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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