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
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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