MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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