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.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
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