MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate 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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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