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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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