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
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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