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
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
North Seattle Community College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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