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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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