MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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