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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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