MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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