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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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