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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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