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
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
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