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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
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