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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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