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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over 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.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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