MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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