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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
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