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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
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
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
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