MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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