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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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