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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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