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
which
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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