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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
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 massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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