MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
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 massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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