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
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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 MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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