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
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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