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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
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 MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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