MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning are enabling
people
all around the world
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.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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