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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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