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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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