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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have empowered
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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