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.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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