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 is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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