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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
online education have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses 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 massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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