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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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