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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
elearning are empowering
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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