MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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