MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are considering
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
People want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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