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
considers
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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