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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
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