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
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
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