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
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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