MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online education are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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