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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part 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.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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