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 Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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