MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
e-learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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