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
which
studies
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
blended learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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