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
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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