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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
distance learning have empowered
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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