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 is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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