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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also examines 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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