MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part 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.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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