MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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