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.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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