MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
elearning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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