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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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