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
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning are enabling
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
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