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
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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