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
researches
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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