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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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