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
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
blended learning are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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