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
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
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 MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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