MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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