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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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