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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
online learning technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes 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 massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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