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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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