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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major 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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