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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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