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.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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