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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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