MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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