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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants 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 a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mozambique to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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