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
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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