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
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
new open education
undertakings.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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