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
describes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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