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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
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
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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