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
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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