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
researches
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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