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.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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