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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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