MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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