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
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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