MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
digital education technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
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
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
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