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
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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