MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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