MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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