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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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