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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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