MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate 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.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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