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
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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