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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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