MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
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 satisfy this
developing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
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