MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning enable
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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