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
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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