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
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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