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
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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