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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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