MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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