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
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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