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
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are considering
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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