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
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Palau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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