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
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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