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
that
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
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
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner 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
available there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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