MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
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
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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