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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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