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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
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