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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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