MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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