MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses 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 MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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