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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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