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
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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