MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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