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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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