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
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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