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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
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