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
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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