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
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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