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
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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