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
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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