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
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes 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.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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