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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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