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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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