MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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