MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
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 massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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