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
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
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