MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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