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
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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