MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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