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 is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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