MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
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