MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
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