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 is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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