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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
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 a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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