MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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