MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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