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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to take 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
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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