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
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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