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
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
India to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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