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
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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