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
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
online education technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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