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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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