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
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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