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
studies
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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