MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 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
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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