MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part 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 massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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