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
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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