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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
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