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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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