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
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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