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
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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