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
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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