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
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online education technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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