MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These MOOCs are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Howland Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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