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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eritrea to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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