MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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