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
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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