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
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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